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1 1i IIron County Record II EIGHT PAGES ALL HOME PRINT MK ,, .VOLUME XXVII. tM PER TIA1. CEDAR CITJ, UTAH. FIU DAY, JULY 30, 1920. ? 5 CENTS PER COPY. . ' , HEl wfc , ,.i. " NUMBER 32. '' ' 'flI southwest utahI CLUBS UNITEM Initial Gathering at Cedar City Em-K braces Three Counties andH Seven Com. Clubs.: M THREE OTHER COUNTIESJ I TO JOIN NEW FEDERATION; v Completed Organization Will Em-w brace Commercial Bodies of' Millard, Beaver, Iron, Washing-m ton, Kane and Garfield CountiesIf Today at 2:30 p. m., delegates fromE Commercial clubs of seven communi-B ties in Beaver, Iron and WashingtonE counties met in the Public LibraryK auditorium in Cedar City. The purge pose of the meeting was to organize am Commercial body representative ofsouthwestern Utah. The cities rep-M resented at this initial mooting were:1 M Beaver, Milford, Minersville, Paro, 'H wan, Cedar City, Saint George andj Enterprise. Tho clubs of Kane, Garf , Held and Piute counties wcro invited... p to the gathering, but no delegates apE, pearcd.1 'j The first move was to appoint S. J.' wf Foster of Cedar City temporaryL chairman, with Mr. Jorgenson ofj, Milford as temporary secretary.1, Since Milford had initiated theS movement for affiliation, C. C. Sloan,V president of tho Milford club, andjc " county comissioner of Beaver county,fc was asked to explain the object of thof call. Mr. Sloan outlined tho necesV-sity of wider publicity for southernUtah, referred to Idaho as on cxam-p plo of tho press agent's work and Cal-V such a club would open a strong, welltfi planned campaign for tho advertisc-i-sr-5 - 'jifent'of this section and informed themeeting that Beaver county had a" fund for advertising' purposes and.' that ho personally would move to putsome of that fund at tho disposal of' , such an organization as was planned.i ' W. H. Leigh and John P. Fuller ofa ; the Cedar Commercial Club wero both"' , asked, for their views, and both spoke'V in favor of tho organization.' Hon. WHford Day of Parowan was$ asked to express an opinion and madeIn strong argument for the project.Hon. Joseph S. Snow of St. Georgewas called to tho floor and aroused" ' much enthusiasm among the delegatesfor a united southwestern Utah. Mr.i - Snow enlivened his remarks with tho' statement that the northern part of-' the state did not know there was anyterritory south of Nephi. A voice fromthe audience amended this to "14thSouth," and Mr. Snow accepted theamendment amid hearty laughter ontho part of the delegates. This statement was made to arouse the delegates to the necessity of this section'sdoing its own publicity work, ratherthan waiting for other sections to doit for us. Theso southern counties, hecontended, can furnish the world anything that lies under soil, can raiseanything that grows on top of soil,and holds within its borders sceneryunmatched in any other corner of the)nation. He said that these countieshad been advertised more in the Insifthree years than in all tho thirty years(preceding, and that as a result theiyhad dovelopcd at tho rate of lOOToper year.Delegate McShane of Beaver then,, moved that an organization bo formedI to advertise and look after tho inier-- -csts of the counties represented. Bc-3 oro this motion was considered, how--ever, Ass't Sec'y Smith of the SaltBS Lake Commercial club was introducedII and stated that he had been sent toffj tho meeting by the Salt Lake Com-- W mercial club to assist the organiza-Kg tion in any way possible. He alsoH read n resolution passed by the clubH authorizing and instructing him toH . undertake that mission. He announcedB tho trip of the Wholesalers to befrgqde soon over this section and"ex-B "t gained that tho object of the trip'wasw '' mn'te no. business men of SaltK Lako acquainted with the country inn which their business Jics.S McShane's motion was then put andla carried, and was followed by anotherH motion by Mr. McShane that a com-n mittee bo appointed to consist of oneSi member from ench club represented,mfi to draft n program or plan of organi-n zation. The motion carried and eachg delegation appointed a member of theMl committee. A recess was then takenjjfj while this committee formulated theM following tentative plan:in 1. That there should be quarterlyU meetings of tho Board of GovernorsK of the proposed federation.2. That the secretaries of the vnr-HJ ious local clubs should form the exit (Continued on last page.)CEDAR OBSERVESPIONEER DAYtOld Folks Receive Honor and Entertainment at Utah's BigBirthday Fete.The big Pioneer Day Celebration inCedar went off as per last week's an-nounccment, except that the showeryafternoon did not allow the old folksto mako their projected trip to Enoch.The program of the morning meeting was appropriate, very interesting and inspiring. The history ofthe settlement of Cedar City, givenby Miss Agnes Brown is offered infull in another column.Cedar City won from Beaver in thoafternoon baseball game which is reported elsewhere in tho paper. Rainstopped the game temporarily, butafter the shower play was resumed inthe mud.Since the old folks could not makotheir trip to Enoch, they were madecomfortable and happy in the ReliefSociety building, where a delightfulluncheon was spread including sandwiches, cake, coffee, and ice-cream.This was followed by an interestinginformal program with dancing inwhich most of tho largo gatheringparticipated with great enthusiasm.An auto rido out on tho road north oftown and through tho fields wound uptho old folks' part of tho good time.The children were provided for witha dance at the Ward Hall.Tho evening feature was a monsterdisplay of fireworks enjoyed by oldand young. A dance for tho youngfolks followed this, and ended a perfect day.PRESIDENT LUNTNO CANDIDATEStates He Would Not Consider AnyState Office at Present UnderAny Conditions.President Henry W. Lunt of . thoParowan Stake is also County Commissioner of Iron Co., but most emphatically is not a candidate for thoposition of Secretary of State. Having accepted his present position asspiritual leader of u big, busy andrapidly growing community, he statesthat he will consider nothing whatever that can possibly detract fromhis usefulness in this position. Thoidea of being a candidate for the position of Secretary of State, or for anyother position, is, under theso circumstances unthinkable. Tho putting ofPresident LunJ, in the light of an office seeker is an injustice to him, forthe preblcms of his present positionare taking all his attention and energy and he is wholly absorbed in them.Recent newspaper headlines naming him as a candidate for Secretaryof State originated in the statementof R. L. Jones to Salt Lako friendsthat Iron County ought to be represented in the next State Road Commission on account of the vital needof the southern tier of counties of amore lively and efficient road buildingprogram. His friends wanted toknow what Iron County man would becapable of handling the job, and naturally Mr. Jones named Henry W.Lunt. This conversation was repeated to representatives of tho dailiesand tho headlines naming PresidentLunt as an office seeker were the result. It is tho wish of Pros. Lunt that itbo known among all people of thostake that lie is not and will not become a candidate for any office whatsoever. Which attitude is wholly tothe credit of one of Iron County'smost efficient and necessary publicservants.f -PLANT BUREAU AGENT HEREA. V. Garrett of the Bureau ofPlant Industry of tho U. S. Department of Agriculture was in CedarTuesday and Wednesday investigating the plant diseases of this localityand in particular looking up whitepine rust. This disease is destroyingso much timber in the eastern part oftho country that tho Department ofAgriculture is making determined effort to keep it nway from the forestsof tho west. Tho only way in whichit can be carried very far is on currantor gooseberry bushes. So that theshipment of these bushes by nurseries or individuals from the east to theintermountain states is forbidden bytho Federal quarantine. One of Mr.Garrett's duties is to sco that thisquarantine is not broken.PUMPING PLANTSREDEEM DESERTElectricity Now Throwing Streamson Fast Increasing Numberof Homesteads.MEANS MANY ADDITIONSTO OUR FARM ACREAGECedar and Parowan Both Participate in Benefits Derived FromSeemingly Limitless Water Store.Results Eagerly Watched For.Recent developments in the experimentation that is being conducted inthis valley along the lines of irrigation by artesian water, developed bypumping with electrical energy, uromost gratifying and encouraging, andseem to offer a solution of the waterproblem in this and tho Parowan'valleys, to u very great extent.A few daya since after penetratingHanchctt well near the Iron Springs,has been operated continuously, giving off a little better than 300 gallonsper minute, without lowering tho water in the well, which remains within20 feet of tho surface. This well idonly down 370 feet, so that the initialcost is not at all nrohibltive.This well is sufficient to take caroof 80 acres of land farmed on a copnfmercial basis.Tho largo well of James Smith,caved two months ago after havingproduced 5G0 gallons per minute for30 continuous hours, has now been repaired and will be in operation againwithin the next day or two, and itsperformance will bo watched with agreat deal of interest by local people,who are only waiting for visual evidence of the feasibility of reclaimingtheir. land by this method before engaging in an active campaign alongthese lines.From tho Parowan valley comes expressions of satisfaction with the useof ele'etrical energy for pumping purposes. At tho present time 22 wellsnrc being pumped in this woy, andfive moro are to be added the presentseason. Tho owners report a veryconsiderable saving in expense ns compared with the cost of gasoline oroil, and greatly increased efficiency,much more water having been produced from tho wella .this season thanover before. Despite this increasedactivity and production, tho watertablo has not been lowered an inch, istho report.From all those evidences it is apparent that irrigation by means ofthis region, and the future holds nomoro inviting field for the agriculturist than the development of productivefarms by this method. -WOMEN SHOULD BEALIVE TO ISSUESOfficers of Ladies' RepublicanClub of Cedar Sound Call toCitizen Sisters.One often meets persdns who thinkit a sign of superiority to nffect uwisdom of goodness which preventsthem from taking any interest in politics." Too often, it is but a pose tohide ignorance or explain failure toperform their duty of citizenship.If "Politics are rotten," or "Run bya machine," every individual shouldgive intelligent attention incidentally,to his every day work in other fields.It is the purest clement of selfish-'ness to be unwilling to devoto a little)time to tho regulation of the affairsof one's country. "He who. doesn't,'repudiates his birthright of Ameri-'A A tt A w t IAs the women of our locality havenever considered politics very serious-1ly and knowing that knowledge and.facts form the basis of sound judgment, the officers of tho RepublicanLadies Club deemed it advisable to,take up a study of tho platforms ofthe different parties.The following is the programoutlined for 'iuesday, Aug 10th: iGirls Quartet under direction ofMrs. Webster.Three minute talk on Parliamentary Rules Mrs. E. Crane Wntson,1Lender.Reading of Planks on High Cost ofLiving from Republican, Democratic,Farmer, Labor, Socialist, and Prohibition platforms Sec. Janet Rollo.Five minute discussion on same. 'Where to Place the Responsibilityfor High Cost of Sugar Mrs. A. P.Spilsbury.Ws there discrimination betweenthe South and tho West Mm. J. P.Fuller.Is Nntional Incompetency, Extravagance and Waste n Factor?-Mrs.iAHie Knell.FIRST SETTLERS '.OF CEDAR CITYIntrepid Band Faces Winter Hard-; ships in Answer to Call ofPresident Young.SENTIMENT BEGUNSEVENTY YEARS AGOPioneer Day Audience Listens toInteresting Talc of Cedar City'sBirth and Childhood StoryReads Like Fiction Now.(Given by Miss Agnes Brown at thoPioneer Day Celebration.)Wo are all familiar with tho storyof how our people were driven fromtheir Jiomes in tho cast, and wcroled westward by President BrighamYoung, arriving in Salt Lako valloy in1847, just seYenty-three years ago today, but few of us arc familiar withthe story of tho coming of our ownpioneers to Cedar Valley. The sloryof our own pioneers should be morointeresting to us even than that oftho first pioneers because wo are acquainted with so many of the char-,acters.To Sister Alice and Brother DavidBulloch.wo of our remaining pioneers, I am indebted for the information L-liave, but since I have attempted to condense seventy years of history into a ten minute talk I have hadto omit many of the interestingincidents they told me.President Brigham Young musthave been a very wonderful leaderindeed for he seemed to know just exactly what wealth was in each part ofUtah and what people were bestsuited to develop it. He had early discovered the vast niincral deposits inour county and especially was he interested in tho iron. So in tho win-tor of 18Gfy just three years after thoarrival of tho pioneers in Utah, hocalled a company of twelve familiesto come down and build a town inthis valley. Theso families wero allScotch people who had traveled all thoway from their native country together. They hnd been in Utnh onlya week or two when they received thocall to come down here. PresidentYoung knew that they had all workedin tho iron and coal foundation of theirown country so he sent them here to'develop Iron County.This body of people had keenknown as the "Scotch Independent(Continued on Page Four.)ENTERPRISE FAIRIS BIG SUCCESSFair Committee Expresses FullAppreciation of Cedar'sActive Cooperation.Louis R. Lund of Enterprise, chairman of the committee that pulled offthe big fair at Enterprise last week,was in Cedar Wednesday and took occasion to express his appreciation ofthe interest shown by Cedar people inthe successful and popular meet. Thiswas tho first attempt Enterprise hasmade' at staging so large an event as.the fair, and its entire success is a',matter of great satisfaction to Enterprise people. Besides the fine exhibitsof live stock, and lively contests ofvnrious sorts, a very interesting feature of tho exhibit was a model well'on the fair crrounds. drivnn nixtv fnf.I deep and connected up to one of thej,efficient electric-driven pumps thatare taking poseassion of tho desert,i Visitors were all interested in watching this pump throw out a steadystream of clear, cool water.iaI The Cedar baseball team went toEnterprise on Friday, last week withthirteen men. The combination ofFriday with the uiducky number,thirteen, put a hoodoo on thorn thatforced them to walk homo after thogame, but it was not strong enougha hoodoo to defeat tho bunch.1 Tho Individual Responsibility byMrs. W. P. Hunter.I Musical number.Wo will commence promptly ontime.I Each speaker will be timed and' limited to 5 minutes.All of tho ladies of tho town andany of the gentlemen thnt desire toI come are invited. A rousing good social time will be given once a month.VAUGHN THOMPSONDIES OF INJURIESYouth's Long Fall From Derrickat the Hanchctt Pump WellProves Fatal.Last Tuesday morning VaughnThompson, the fifteen-year-old son ofC. A. Thompson of tho Dixie PowerCompany, was fatally hurt when hofell twenty-five feet off a dorrick atthe Hanchctt well on Ccdnr Bottoms.Falling on his hend, tho lad fracturedhis skull. Ho was rushed to a SaltLako hospital immediately where nnoperation lifted and put in pluco thobones of the skull, but tho victimdied without regaining consciousness.Funeral services were held at tholiome of Mr. Thompson on RlvcrsidoDrive, Salt Lako City. Tho bereavedfather, is tho manager of tho CedarCity office of tho Dixie Power company and is well known in Iron and)Washington counties.County commissioners, Henry W.Lunt, William Lund and II. Lt Adams,with County Assessor, Macser Dalley,met with the State Board of Equalization on Monday and went over tho taxvaluations of Iron County with thatboard. The state board is trying toget property vnlues equalized as between counties and is ordering somovery sharp raises in somo of thocounties. However, tho Bcssion oftho Iron County tax officials withthose of tho state resulted very sat-'isfactorily for tho county and thcrowill be no appreciable raiso in localassessments.H-liFORD 'BASEBALL SCOREYWith Explanation of Code byWhich the Various PlaysAre Indicated.Following is tho sumamry of thobaseball game between Ccdnr City andMilford July 28. as prepared, byScorer Stanley Ivins:CEDAR CITYAB R II PO A EMilne, C. F. '511200D. Nelson, 3 B '10 13 10Watson, S. S 5 2 10 12Leigh, 1 B 3 2 3 8 0 0Davis, L. F .112 2 0 0L. Nelson, R. F. , 3 0 2 10 0Root, 2 B.. 3 112 3 0Wilkinson, C 110 5 0 0Woodbury, P 2 0 0 2 3 1Ivins, L. F. 0 0 0 2 00' TOTALS ....30 8ll27 lt3MILFORDAB R II PO A EFatheringham, C. F. 4 0 .1 0 1' 0Barton, 3 B 4 12 3 10Van Quill, S. S 5 0 1111Theisscn, IB. P ' 5 13 6 0 0Lynch, C 5 12 7 13Kirk, R. F 4 10 0 0 0Scow, 2 B 4 10 3 11Smith, L. F. 4 0 110 0Kinney, P 10 0 0 10Bell, P 3 0 2 0 0 0Martin ...-... l'J)J) 0 0 0TOTALS J. ..... 40 5 12 23 "0 '5Batted for Scow in 9th.Score byInningH12345G789Cedar City 1 020 12208Milford 2 0000 3 0005Two base hits Watson, Lynch.Sacrifice hits Leigh, L. Nelson,Root, Barton.Stolen Bases Leigh, Theisscn, Bell.Hits off Woodbury, 12 in 9 innings,off Kinney, 7 in 4 1-3 innings,off Bell, 4 in 2 1-3 innings. 'Bases on balls off Wodbury, 2.off Kinney, 2.off Bell, 1.Ktnink nllf Til, Wnmltini.tr KBy Kinney, 3.By Bell, 2.Wild pitches By Wodbury, 1.By Bell, 1.Left on bases Cedar 7, Milford 11.First base on errors Cedar 2, Milford 2.Hit by pitcher By Bell 1.Umpires Macfarlano and Sargent.For the benefit of baseball fans whomay not be familiar with tho scoringsystem, and in order that all may takeadvantnge of tho box scores published,the following explanation is mado:AB The number of times the player is at bat. If tho batter walks, ishit by a pitched ball, or makes a sacrifice hit, it is not counted ngainst himns a time at bat. Thus, if a mancomes to bat four times in a game,is walked twice, hit by a pitched ballonco and mnkes ono hit, tho box scorowill credit him with one trip to tholint and ono hit, giving him a perfectbatting nvcrngo for the gnme, becauseho reached first bnso each time up,without the aid of an error.R Runs scored.II Number of safe hits made bya playor. To be credited with a hitJhe bnttor must hit the ball where itennnot bo fielded soon enough to putHOTEL TO RISE '! Ion cedar ens 1Cedar,, City Hotel Company Sends !HCommittee to Choose Site HFor Projected Inn. HHALL SCENIC POINTS . HCOVERED BY SURVEYCamp Pitched at Beautiful Navajo HLake, Destined to Become the , HLocation of Cedar City's Sum- Hmer Home and Tourist' Colony. HWhat may prove to bo a very im-portant step in the development cJE Hthe Cedar Breaks Region as a tourist Hplayground was the trip last week Hof representatives of the dircctorato Hof tho Cedar City Hotel Company Halong the Cedar Breaks to select a Msuitablo site for a big summer hotel.W. II. Leigh and E. M. Corry mado Hthe trip for the hotel company and Hwero accompanied by Forest Super- Hvisor iW. M. Mace and wife, and Mes- Hsrs T. J. Jones, Lchi M. Jonc.i and -HChris. Ashdown, who went for thepurpose of inspecting a strip of tim- ' Hbcr soon to be offered for sale by Hthe forest service. This timber, Hwhich is nil spruce, was found to bo Hof good quality and comparatively Heasy to get at. HTho party made their camp at " MDuck Lake, or more appropriately, HNavajo Lake, from which site expo- Hditions in different directions covered Hthe territory under inspection. HOno excellent hotel Bite was found 'Hat tho north end of the Break?, and Hnnother at about tho middle section. ''1The general opinion of tho party was Hthat Navajo Lake, where they were-' Hcamped, is tho place for Codnr'a f"'""iHsummer colony, and that r.ol many ' ' "'1years will pass before Ideal summer kHhomos dot tho beautiful shores of Hthat sheet of water. Tho only acci-- Hdent thnt occurred on what was otlw Hcrwise a wholly enchanting pleasure Hpilgrimage was the loss of a valuablo Hsaddle horso on the return trip. Tho Hanimal fell off the trail at a point Mnot far above where the steam shovel Mis now working, and did not long sun' Hvivc the tumble. MTho Lowder Ranger station wasvisited and it was found thnt In tho'' Hrecent rain storm 1.3G inches of rain ' Hfell in n 30 hour period. The rainy ' MBenson began just in timejp save tho Hrange from drying up.J,"""Thc forage. Hwas beginning to show the effects of Mhot, dry weather, although the stock Hall looked fine. HIn summing up his impressions, HSupervisor Mace called the excursion Ha "real trip" and tho sentiment was Mechoed enthusiastically by the other Hmembers of the party. A member of Hthe party stated that the trip had Mopened his eyes to a vast number of Hscenic wonders among tho Cedar HBreaks with which he. had thought Mhimself thoroughly familiar for years. MEDITOR CARLTON VISITS CITYEditor Karl S. Carlton of the Bea- Hver County News and the BeaverPress was a member of the Commer- jHcial club delegation from Milford at-tending the Southern Federation meet-ing here today and mnde The Record apleasant but brief call. After tho Hconvention he slipped away from town Hwithout a word and before anyone Mconnected with The Record had antici- Mpated his intentions. Come again, MBro. Carlton, and don't be in such atarnation hurry to get out of town!next time. Cedar City hnsn't a jail, Vsince the old city hall was torn down. HMThe new store and apartment build- Hing of the Southern Utah Plumbing Hnnd Heating Company is practicallycompleted and will bo ready for occu- Hpancy not later than tho tenth of HAugust. It is a well designed struu.ture of concrete blocks and is a credit 'Hto the company. "Hhim out at first base. A batter reach- i ?Hng first base because of an error or . V 'because the man fielding tho ball 'chooses to attempt to put out anotherbase runner, s not credited with a hit.put out by the fielder. uflIA"!Tuinber. of 0PP08ing playersA the number of assets, or num-per of times tho fielder assists in put-ting out an opposing player. Exam-plo: If a batter hits to short stop ands thrown out at first base, short stops credited with an "assist" and firstbase with a "put out."E Number of orrors committed by t 'Hthe player. An error is a misplay "Miiijttfi , Hpermits a batter to reach first basJToHK&: v., ta base runner to advance a basolVf-fi jiiflA sacrifice hit is a hit which allows Ivtra base runner to ndvanco while the-) JfoS3batter is being put out, . jug?Jre